The following chart represents the total number of charges filed and resolved under the ADEA.

Receipts include all charges filed under the ADEA as well as those filed concurrently under Title VII, ADA, and/or EPA. Therefore, the sum of receipts for all statutes will exceed total charges received.

The data are compiled by the Office of Research, Information and Planning from data reported via the quarterly reconciled Data Summary Reports and compiled from EEOC's Charge Data System and, from FY 2004 forward, EEOC's Integrated Mission
System.

FY 1997

FY 1998

FY 1999

FY 2000

FY 2001

FY 2002

FY 2003

FY 2004

FY 2005

FY 2006

FY 2007

FY 2008

FY 2009

FY 2010

FY 2011

FY 2012

FY 2013

FY 2014

Receipts

15,785

15,191

14,141

16,008

17,405

19,921

19,124

17,837

16,585

16,548

19,103

24,582

22,778

23,264

23,465

22,857

21,396

20,588

Resolutions

18,279

15,995

15,448

14,672

15,155

18,673

17,352

15,792

14,076

14,146

16,134

21,415

20,529

24,800

26,080

27,335

22,371

20,148

Resolutions By Type

Settlements

642

755

816

1,156

1,006

1,222

1,285

1,377

1,326

1,417

1,795

1,974

1,935

2,250

2,231

2,001

1,781

1,567

3.5%

4.7%

5.3%

7.9%

6.6%

6.5%

7.4%

8.7%

9.4%

10.0%

11.1%

9.2%

9.4%

9.1%

8.6%

7.3%

8.0%

7.8%

Withdrawals w/Benefits

762

580

578

560

551

671

710

787

764

767

958

1,252

1,161

1,322

1,369

1,280

1,296

1,251

4.2%

3.6%

3.7%

3.8%

3.6%

3.6%

4.1%

5.0%

5.4%

5.4%

5.9%

5.8%

5.7%

5.3%

5.2%

4.7%

5.8%

6.2%

Administrative Closures

4,986

4,175

3,601

3,232

3,963

6,254

2,824

3,550

2,537

2,639

2,754

6,387

4,031

4,167

4,230

4,045

3,642

3,619

27.3%

26.1%

23.3%

22.0%

26.1%

33.5%

16.3%

22.5%

18.0%

18.7%

17.1%

29.8%

19.6%

16.8%

16.2%

14.8%

16.3%

18.0%

No Reasonable Cause

11,163

9,863

9,172

8,517

8,388

9,725

11,976

9,563

8,866

8,746

10,002

11,124

12,788

16,308

17,454

19,239

15,113

13,159

61.1%

61.7%

59.4%

58.0%

55.3%

52.1%

69.0%

60.6%

63.0%

61.8%

62.0%

51.9%

62.3%

65.8%

66.9%

70.4%

67.6%

65.3%

Reasonable Cause

726

622

1,281

1,207

1,247

801

557

515

583

612

625

678

614

753

796

770

539

552

4.0%

3.9%

8.3%

8.2%

8.2%

4.3%

3.2%

3.3%

4.1%

4.3%

3.9%

3.2%

3.0%

3.0%

3.1%

2.8%

2.4%

2.7%

Successful Conciliations

74

119

184

241

409

208

166

139

169

177

186

220

202

252

273

343

221

232

0.4%

0.7%

1.2%

1.6%

2.7%

1.1%

1.0%

0.9%

1.2%

1.3%

1.2%

1.0%

1.0%

1.0%

1.0%

1.3%

1.0%

1.2%

Unsuccessful Conciliations

652

503

1,097

966

838

593

391

376

414

435

439

458

412

501

523

427

318

320

3.6%

3.1%

7.1%

6.6%

5.5%

3.2%

2.3%

2.4%

2.9%

3.1%

2.7%

2.1%

2.0%

2.0%

2.0%

1.6%

1.4%

1.6%

Merit Resolutions

2,130

1,957

2,675

2,923

2,804

2,694

2,552

2,679

2,673

2,796

3,378

3,904

3,710

4,325

4,396

4,051

3,616

3,370

11.7%

12.2%

17.3%

19.9%

18.5%

14.4%

14.7%

17.0%

19.0%

19.8%

20.9%

18.2%

18.1%

17.4%

16.9%

14.8%

16.2%

16.7%

Monetary Benefits (Millions)*

$44.3

$34.7

$38.6

$45.2

$53.7

$55.7

$48.9

$69.0

$77.7

$51.5

$66.8

$82.8

$72.1

$93.6

$95.2

$91.6

$97.9

$77.7

* Does not include monetary benefits obtained through litigation.

The total of individual percentages may not always sum to 100% due to rounding.

EEOC total workload includes charges carried over from previous fiscal years, new charge receipts and charges transferred to EEOC from Fair Employment Practice Agencies (FEPAs). Resolution of charges each year may therefore exceed receipts
for that year because workload being resolved is drawn from a combination of pending, new receipts and FEPA transfer charges rather than from new charges only.